Bill English, Artistic Director The Mission: To tell stories that uplift our spirits, deepen self-awareness, and nurture compassionate...
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‘Noises Off’ | A Note from the Artistic Director
Misery Loves Comedy If ever there was a time we need a good laugh, it’s now! With tensions growing in our country, with the constant drama in...
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From the Empathy Gym | Stories of Hope
Bill English, Artistic Director These mornings it seems grief rolls in like the fog, and I find myself in meditation on the floor in a pile of...
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San Francisco Playhouse nominated for 43 Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Awards
The San Francisco Bay Area Critics Circle announced nominees for its 41st annual Excellence in Theatre Awards, and San Francisco Playhouse...
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From The Empathy Gym | To Save Us or Destroy Us
Bill English, Artistic Director Three boys shared a bedroom in their family’s duplex. There wasn’t much room for anything but the three beds,...
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‘The Christians’ | A Note from the Artistic Director
Bill English, Artistic Director We are amazed by the power religious belief exerts in our world. So much good—and so much bad—has been done...
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From The Empathy Gym | Whose Story Is It?
Bill English, Artistic Director It occurred to me last month while writing “The First Story,” that I was just grazing the tip of the iceberg...
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She Loves Me | A Note from the Artistic Director
Bill English, Artistic Director A country divided, fractured into a half dozen splinter groups. Ungovernable. Where every faction hates every...
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From The Empathy Gym | The First Story
November 2016 Newsletter Bill English, Artistic Director A group of ancient humans sit huddled around the fire, hunkered down in a...
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